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Daily Chess Improvement: Knockout Chess Tactic!

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Black to move! How should black proceed?

This was a game between Lagno, Kateryna - Ju, Wenjun at 2020 Cairns Cup

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Yancey_Ward
Yancey_Ward

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1.Rd1 Ke2 2.Rd5! with the threat of Qd1#. White has to take the rook, but then fork from f4 wins the queen. The passed h-pawn will be more than white and the two rooks can handle vs the queen and knight.

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